May 16, 2023 | Harding University will host the 2023 Special Olympics Arkansas Summer Games on May 19 and 20. More than 1,400 athletes and coaches are anticipated to attend the event. Athletes will compete in sports including track and field, bocce, swimming, flag football, powerlifting and tennis. Opening ceremonies will be held at First Security Stadium, located at 1529 E. Park Ave. in Searcy,
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April 20, 2023 | Commencement | Harding University’s spring commencement ceremonies will be held Saturday, May 6, celebrating the accomplishments of more than 700 students. Three ceremonies will be held at 9 a.m., 12 p.m. and 3 p.m. in the University’s George S. Benson Auditorium. Members of this semester’s graduating class represent 25 different nations and territories and 38 states. Degrees will be conferred from
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Theatres in Heber Springs, Arkansas, and Searcy, Arkansas, will be premiering a special feature documentary film featuring the Jon Raney Recording Studio located in Drasco, Arkansas. The documentary, produced by Harding University faculty and students, will highlight Jon Raney, a third generation audio engineer and the mastermind behind Raney Recording. His recording studio has worked with seasoned performers as well as first-time recording artists. A
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Part-time degree format will provide vital skills for career advancement in cardiac device interventional technologies April 10, 2023 | Cardiac Function and Interventional Technology | Harding University has announced it will offer a new degree format for its Master of Science in cardiac function and interventional technology tailored to working professionals in the industry starting this fall. The part-time, hybrid format is called the Master
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April 8, 2023 | Spring Sing | This weekend, students, faculty and production crew members came together to perform Spring Sing 2023: “Stand Out.” Since 1974, Searcy has been home to this musical extravaganza showcasing the talent and spirit of Harding. The musical variety show featured more than 775 students involved in seven club show productions, plus 21 ensemble cast members and four hosts and
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April 11, 2023 | Dr. David B. Burks will resign as chancellor effective May 31, after 56 years at Harding, including 27 and one-half years as the University’s fourth president from 1987-2013 and from 2020-22. In June, he will transition to serve as president emeritus. He will continue to office in the David B. Burks American Heritage Building and will be deeply involved in the
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April 3, 2023 | When considering who might star in the movie of his life, Doug White (’77) said his second choice would have been Dennis Quaid. On Friday, April 7 that dream will come true. On Easter Sunday 2009, White and his family chartered a private plane to fly home to Monroe, Louisiana, from a funeral in South Florida. He asked to sit in
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April 3, 2023 | Spring Sing | Students, alumni, families, friends and guests of Harding University are invited April 6-8 for the 49th annual Spring Sing. The musical variety show will feature hundreds of students involved in seven productions, plus 21 ensemble cast members and four hosts and hostesses accompanied by the Harding University Jazz Band. Dr. Steven Frye, department of theatre chair, has served
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March 30, 2023 | Public Safety | Harding University conducted its annual community-wide disaster drill Wednesday, March 29, at the University’s South Center for Health Sciences located at 1300 South Main Street. This year’s exercise simulated a bomb threat and explosion. “I am proud of Harding’s 20-plus year history of bringing students, University faculty and staff, and local emergency service providers together for an annual
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March 16, 2023 | Harding Sports | Harding University has announced the hiring of Weston Jameson as its new head men’s basketball coach. Jameson, a former assistant coach for the women’s basketball programs at Abilene Christian University and Arkansas State University, will return to Harding where he previously served as a women’s assistant coach for five seasons. He will be replacing former coach and current
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